Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, Division of Operations, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Wagramer Strasse 5, A-1400 Vienna, Austria.
Drug Demand Reduction Division, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Menara Thamrin Building 10th Floor, Central Jakarta, Jakarta 10250, Indonesia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 29;19(7):4046. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074046.
To tackle the spread of COVID-19 globally, countries around the world have responded by implementing measures such as lockdowns, social distance maintenance, temporary school closures, and remote working and learning. COVID-19 social isolation has been found to increase stress, and potentially have long term harmful effects on both mental and physical health. Stress and compromised parenting often place children at risk of violence and abuse. In parallel, times of hardship might also provide an opportunity to build stronger relationships with our children. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) joined many other agencies and international organizations in recognizing the threat the pandemic might have on individual and family wellbeing, and has thus availed a number of light-touch parenting resources. One such tool is the 'Caring for your child in response to the COVID-19 lockdown' booklet, developed to enhance parenting skills, and to build family harmony as challenged by the COVID-19 context. This short communication reflects on a feasibility study that took place in Indonesia during the implementation of this booklet with 30 parents in five cities. Thematic analysis identified challenges in parenting during COVID-19, as well as reported positive experiences of engaging in the parenting resource. The findings are discussed with regard to the usefulness of light-touch parenting information, adding to the context of the feasibility and global scalability of reaching families. The implications pave the way to the engagement and implication of more intensive parenting information interventions in high-stress contexts. Despite the challenge, there is promising news for families globally, as agencies and policy-makers begin to recognize the importance of supporting families with the appropriate skills to navigate extreme stress contexts with effective strategies.
为了应对全球 COVID-19 的传播，世界各国纷纷采取措施，如封锁、保持社交距离、临时关闭学校、远程工作和学习。研究发现，COVID-19 的社交隔离会增加压力，并可能对身心健康造成长期的有害影响。压力和父母教养的缺失往往使儿童面临暴力和虐待的风险。与此同时，困难时期也可能为我们与孩子建立更牢固的关系提供机会。联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室（UNODC）与许多其他机构和国际组织一道，认识到大流行可能对个人和家庭福祉构成的威胁，并提供了一些轻触式育儿资源。其中一种工具是“在 COVID-19 封锁期间照顾您的孩子”手册，旨在增强育儿技能，并在 COVID-19 背景下建立家庭和谐。这篇简短的交流文章反映了在印度尼西亚实施该手册时对 5 个城市的 30 名家长进行的一项可行性研究。主题分析确定了 COVID-19 期间育儿面临的挑战，以及参与育儿资源的积极经验。研究结果根据轻触式育儿信息的有用性进行了讨论，增加了在高压力环境下实现家庭可行性和全球可扩展性的背景。这些影响为在高压力环境下开展更深入的育儿信息干预措施铺平了道路。尽管面临挑战，但对全球家庭来说，有一个好消息，即各机构和政策制定者开始认识到支持家庭掌握适当技能以有效应对极端压力环境的重要性。
